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Like TwoScoops said, it is not a cinema camera it is a studio camera which gives you the hint it is not for us. It uses a completely different sensor that doesn't have the same dynamic range capabilities at release. Although lately there has been a significant firmware update, which gives for instance a 4K raw output (it never had any internal recording capabilities). Heh, you got me wondering now about which would be "less worse" the BMPC4K or the Micro Studio with a recorder? As I have quite a low opinion of both set ups. Or a Panasonic G7 for practically almost free secondhand! Or a Panasonic G85 for brand new at a cost similar to a secondhand GH4, and you'd get with the G85 an arguably better camera. Oh I dunno.... depends on how you count / evaluate it. Remember the Kinefinity Terra 4K goes for sub $5K as well!

But the BMCC EF makes it almost impossible to shoot ultra wide and fast. I have literally HUNDREDS of saved eBay searches! :-o But they pay off eventually, even if sometimes it takes literally a couple of years for that to happen, like when I finally found these headphones:

https://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/canon-manager-confirms-shifts-focus-slr-mirrorless-cameras/ http://www.canonrumors.com/the-state-of-the-canon-full-frame-mirrorless-development/ It would be a good use of all that space to put an ND filter inside. However.... even E mount (FS7/FS700/FS5/Venice), FZ mount (F3/F5/F55), and MFT mount (AF100/LS300) can fit ND filters within their mount.

I wonder if these mounts will be swappable at all, and if they'll be swappable by the user in the field? Price for now is is US$11K for a set of five lenses: http://www.kinefinity.com/shop/mavo_prime_lens/?lang=en Also, Pro AV TV just put out this new video, they're the distributors for Kinefinity in the UK:

Beyond the points early I made of dynamic range and low light, the GH5 also benefits from: IBIS Smaller form factor Mirrorless mount Any one of those could be a very big factor for a person towards purchasing the GH5 instead.

According to B&H it has been discontinued: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1285811-REG/atomos_atomnjs001_64_ninja_star_recorder_with.html

BMPC4K = poor dynamic range, and very poor low light, poor ergonomics. URSA Mini 4K (which goes secondhand for around the same price sometimes!) = all of the above, except not so much the last point Neither interests me at all, not unless offered at a SCREAMING DEAL (say $1K?!). Those first two deficiencies are just too big to overlook! I'll take that Panasonic GH5S (or GH5) instead thanks. (heck, I'd probably even prefer the BMPCC over the BMPC4K!)

Sony kinda has the same problem too (such as using the Sony 18-105mm f4 on the FS700 in 4K), but that hasn't stopped them!

And sadly they don't have quite as many features as the competition, such as very importantly they don't handle any flavors of raw?! But not to surprisingly they do handle sound better than most! I wouldn't mind if a few more companies took a crack at 3.5" or 4" monitors as well!

Thanks! I have a YouTube channel too: https://www.youtube.com/c/SoundSpeeding Only now its price has dropped. The C100mk1 is indeed quite low, so too is the C100mk2 as it is near EOL, but once the C100mk3 hits it will be priced nearer to a FS5/EVA1 instead. And will be just as relatively unaffordable as the original C100 was back at launch (which was US$7,999 at launch!!! How on earth is that just as affordable as a 5D series camera????).

What kind of audio work do you do? As that is my line of work too: http://ironfilm.co.nz/sound/ Nice, I also started out on the GH1 :-D I think the message from the 5Dmk2 is that people wanted affordable ILC video cameras, which the C300mk1 wasn't. Yet the GH3/GH4/etc & NEX5N/a7S/etc is! Yup, the C300mk1 was the hottest camera of its era! Like the FS7 is today.

Damn! You should have bought one for me :-P

Impossible. (not without wildly unacceptable compromises) The physics of the universe prevents it. It didn't sell as well as other cameras because it is a JVC.... the brand name is why. Any sales success which the JVC LS300 did have, would be thanks a lot to because it has a MFT mount on the LS300. Looks niiiiice!

Possibly a Tascam DR10L or similar. (or the Tascam DR10CS as they're in the UK!) What do you mean? EF lenses to MFT mount already exist? Or if you mean MFT lenses to to EF mount..... ??? Then that is completely impossible (not with completely unacceptable compromises, such as being limited to macro shots), and in no way relevant to the JVC LS300.

Thankfully my F3 is a FHD camera and plenty of 5" recoders exist for FHD! I'd happily even use a 3.5" FHD recorder with it, if the screen is good enough (sadly the Atomos Ninja 2 doesn't have SDI, and has a truly awful screen). Not sure if 5" means less overheating issues..... as a smaller size means less space for a heat sink and less surface area for heat dissipation.

You're hiding in there the wild assumption that camera manufactures will all be equally sensible with the compression algorithms used. Which isn't at all true! You can go from one extreme such as Canon who are absolutely totally shit at it, all the way out to say Samsung who were very advanced for their time. (arguably too advanced to their detriment!) Oh dear god no :-o Please for all that is holy don't get the BMCC EF (not unless you see it for a total STEAL such as say three hundred) Because remember the BMCC EF has the same sized sensor in it as the BMCC MFT, thus the BMCC EF has no way to deal with the rather small sensor like the BMCC MFT can (such as using lenses with image circles that more closely match the sensor size, or by using a focal reducer). Personally I would just go for the BMPCC/Micro, as the BMCC in ProRes offers nothing extra over the BMPCC/Micro.

Be aware that after the D7000 that Nikon could quite a decent sized leap forward with their video quality on their APS-C DSLR cameras (something which Canon has yet to really do). Which hexacopter, can it lift your D7000? A secondhand Panasonic G7 would only cost a fraction of your budget, and leave heaps of money spare for lenses and other accessories. https://www.eoshd.com/2015/06/panasonic-g7-and-metabones-speed-booster-xl-hands-on-super-35mm-4k-for-cheaper/ https://www.eoshd.com/2017/06/smartphone-hack-enables-extra-features-panasonic-cameras/ https://www.eoshd.com/comments/topic/20214-g7-internal-recording-hdmi-out/?tab=comments#comment-152360

All those 4/3" options are exactly why it was so very dumb of Panasonic to not release it in a locking MFT mount option, and even worse they keep on resisting any suggestion of doing this in the future.

The variable ND adapter is only possible with a mirrorless mount. And Canon has put most of their focus instead into EF mount cameras.

Use the BMD Micro Cinema Camera for slow motion footage. Would a 3.5" monitor be small enough? https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1265749-REG/ikan_vl35_3_5_4k_support.html Or 2.8 inches?? :-o https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1359738-REG/e2work_adam_3g_hd_sd_sdi_2_8_portable_monitor.html Yes, you get the feeling sales of the Micro was probably lower than for the Pocket. Thus you'd expect a sales pricing for it one day? But then again perhaps BMD was predicting lower sales, and had production lower to match the demand. Dammnnn.... that could be a nice set up! A little "mini FS7" on your shoulder, that is controlled from your right hand near the grip People really under appreciate just how good ProRes can be.

Sub $600? Already happened. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Blackmagic-Design-Cinema-Camera-Camcorder-Body-Only-with-EF-Mount-/152876830724

Maybe he is going away over Easter with his parents on a holiday to a remote part of the world?!

Which is smart to do! (so long as they have smooth integration with their original F mount)

Yes, in practice. The Dalsa Origin was available before the first RED camera, and the Dalsa Origin was a commercially available camera for digital cinematography which any one could rent or buy (if you had the $$$$$$$$!).

Personally I'd prefer a GH5S & GH5 with Nikon glass on it, over a single D5